I work for a Career and Technical Center that offers training on several different MS Office platforms. Our district standard is Win 7 and Office 2010, butI have clients requesting training on Office 2007 and Office 2003. Does anyone know how (if at all) I can run those Office suites from some form of removable media so I don't have to install them on each machine in addition to the Office suite that is already installed (2010)?

It can be deployed using the Desktop Optimzation pack, or in a Terminal Server (or RDS).

However, let me point out that licensing wise, and easy of deployment it would be better to deploy in a Terminal Server (RDS) since you only need the concurrent licenses in use. If you install 2010 and 2003 in 10 machines, you need 20 licenses. At 350$ per license for the professional it can be quite costly that extra 10 licenses. You could even not install Office on the clients and run it always from the server, removing 20 licenses from the machines. Every 10 people training, you are saving on 10 licenses. And it seems you already have the 2010 license (which covers 2003).

So, instead of buying 20 or 30 licenses (or however you need) use that budget to setup a nice RDS server, and get the RDS license and install Office 2010, 2007 and 2003 on the RDS server, and run it from the server. The only problem would be if you are using Office OEM license, which are not licensed to run on a RDS or TS server.

It can be deployed using the Desktop Optimzation pack, or in a Terminal Server (or RDS).

However, let me point out that licensing wise, and easy of deployment it would be better to deploy in a Terminal Server (RDS) since you only need the concurrent licenses in use. If you install 2010 and 2003 in 10 machines, you need 20 licenses. At 350$ per license for the professional it can be quite costly that extra 10 licenses. You could even not install Office on the clients and run it always from the server, removing 20 licenses from the machines. Every 10 people training, you are saving on 10 licenses. And it seems you already have the 2010 license (which covers 2003).

So, instead of buying 20 or 30 licenses (or however you need) use that budget to setup a nice RDS server, and get the RDS license and install Office 2010, 2007 and 2003 on the RDS server, and run it from the server. The only problem would be if you are using Office OEM license, which are not licensed to run on a RDS or TS server.

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